Newsline: US Embassy says American woman killed in Cape Town

July 31, 2015 at 3:43 pm · Filed under Uncategorized and tagged: South Africa, US

A 39-year-old American woman was killed in a hotel room in Cape Town this week and a murder suspect of Guatemalan origin has been arrested. The body of the woman was found at a hotel in Camps Bay, a popular tourist destination in Cape Town. The suspect is 41 years old and faces murder charges. The U.S. Embassy in South Africa said the killing occurred on Wednesday. It declined to provide further details about the case.